Trapeze and tight-rope accessory



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J. THEURER. Trapeze and Tight Rop'e Accessory.

No. 232,216. 7 Patented Septl}, 1880 WITNESSES: JNVENII'OR @s aw mw WWSQF/ A TTORNE y Emil m U-I-ITIDOWIII. WISKMGTBII. a G

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN 'IHEURER,OF HAMILTON, OHIO.

TRAPEZE AND TIGHT-ROPE ACCESSORY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 232,216, dated September 14, 1880,

Application filed August 12, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN Tmrunrm, of Hamilton, Butler county, Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trapeze and TightRope Accessories. of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to a. device for ennbling the properly skilled performer. to support himself, hend downward, upon a. trapeze or tight-rope, and thus perform novel evolutions while his feet are in the air.

By the use of my invention I an) enabled to walk a tight-rope by means of my bend and hands, and to perform numerous novel feats of balancing, posing, 8511., upon a tight-rope, n trapeze, or ahorizontnl hm:

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents at performer balanced, head downward, upon at trapeze provided with my improvcd accessory, and Fig. 2 represents one form of said necessary.

My accessory is n head-rest adapted to form part of or be attached to o trapeze, horizontal bar, or tight-rope.

The drawings clearly show the form chosen for depiction.

The device, when used for trapeze or bur performances, should be so constructed as to form at seat for the performers head, and should be provided with means for lixing it firmly to the bar.

In Fig. 1, A is the bar of a trapeze, and B is my improved accessory, attached thereto by men-us of a. set-screw, E. Any other form of attachment will answer, so long as it is adapted to retain said hend seat upon the her.

Instead of being attached to the bar, the head-sect may be formed as part of the trapeze-bar by expanding or fin-ming apart of the bar into a seat adopted to receive the performers head.

The head-seat must have a concave curve to the surface intended to receive the head.

This concavity may be double, so as to give' (No model.)

ment of the heedrest to the rope is temporery-that is, a, simple rope-seat is all that is required.

The performer straps the device shown in Fig. 2 to his head, and takes his position on a tight-rope with the groove 0 over the rope. He rests his balancing-pole on the rope while holding the pole, and by a, series of steps, first with his head, then with the pole, he traverses the rope.

For evolution on the rope the bend-rest would he fixed to the rope, and not to the performers head.

in practice I prefer a combined device, as shown in Fig. 2, so that it will answer for sundry and various performances; but, as before stated, a. trapeze-her may be prepared so as to contain within itself the essential feature of my invention, as a fixed head-rest in n trapeze.

In trapeze perfiu'tnance with my accessor 1 it is desirable that the trapeze-bar should be so firmly held in its supports as to prevent as much as possible all twisting or revolving of the her.

For tight-rope operations in which the no cessory is fixed to the perfhriners head at concnve upper surface is not absolutely essential.

I claim as my invention-- 1. The combination, with the horizontal element of a. trapeze or other similar gymnastic device, of a concave head-sent, formed with or upon the some or attached thereto, substnntinlly as and for the purpose specified.

2. A concave l1ead-sest,con1hined with a means for attaching the SillllBlJO the horizontal element of a trapeze or other similar gymnasticdevicc, substan tially as and for the pn rposc specified.

3. The combination, with n. head-piece and a. means for attaching the some to the head of a. performer, of a bottom groove or sent adapted to engage with a. rope, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. The combination, with a head-seat, n. menus for attaching the szune to a. performers hood, and at bottom groove or sent adapted to engage with a. rope, of a means for attaching said head-sent to the horizontal element of n. trapeze or other similar gymnastic device,

substantially as and for the purpose specified.

J0 HN THEURER. Witnesses:

J. W. Sen, NELSON WILLIAMS. 

